I am seeking information on Maria Mckee or any variation of these names. A brief bio was written by a family member and published in a county history stating that she was born 1789 in Chester Co. PA. What records are available for that time period that might help determine her parents? I have no clue as to what religion she might have practiced other than the fact that she was married in an Evangelical church and records of some of her children births are recorded in churches of this denomination. I have a record of her from the time she married March 27 1807 in Lebanon Co., PA but have never been able to find her parents or siblings. A witness to her marriage in 1807 was Heinrich McKee and, on 10 Jun 1813 at Salem Evangelical & Reformed Church of Harrisburg, we find the marriage of a Heinrich McKee to Eva Rudy. Eva was the widow of John Jonas Rudy, her maiden name being Koch. Eva was born in the 1765/83 time range and, presuming Heinrich was of the same age, he could be a brother to Maria Any help appreciated. Gwen in far away Texas

I'm afraid the only records in that timeframe that would contain a birth would be church records, and without knowing the religious faith, it's goinna be hard to do. You might want to go through the 1790 census and see who you can find with this surname, any spelling you can come up with....Maria won't be enumerated by name, but by sex and age, in the household of her father...(as an infant it's possible that she wouldn't even be included, depending on the month of her birth and the month the census was taken), so I'd just look for any household with that surname....this would give you some possible male names to work on. The URL for the Chester Census are located on the Chester site, under Chester Census Records. I looked at the will CD and see several of that surname spelling, somewhat earlier...An Alex McKee in W. Nottingham in the late 1730s; a John McKee in Birmingham in the 1750s, and this actual wills(actually adm. papers rather than a wills); MC KEE, JAMES.. May 26, 1762. E. Nottingham.. Adm. to Jane McKee. MC KEE, JAMES. October 1, 1764. W. Nantmeal. Adm. to Joseph McKee. An Andrew McKee in Birmingham 1774 ; Jane Mckee in Tredyffrin 1781 ; 1784 David Mckee in Birmingham....and, others, but no mention of a Maria. What I find strange is the name Heinrich, a pretty obviously Germanic given name, with the surname McKee, which is definitely Scottish....I wonder if the McKee could have been the Americanization of a more Germanic name. Maria, too, is Germanic, rather than Scottish or English, when the name would more probably have been Mary. IThe Evangelical church also looks German, but all the McKee names in Chester wills are definitely English/Scottish sounding.....So, this is an interesting puzzle. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gwen" <qnp@airmail.net> To: <PA-OLD-CHESTER@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 11:20 AM Subject: [PaOldC] Fw: Search for Maria McKee or variations of name > > I am seeking information on Maria Mckee or any variation of these names. A > brief bio was written by a family member and published in a county history > stating that she was born 1789 in Chester Co. PA. What records are > available for that time period that might help determine her parents? I > have no clue as to what religion she might have practiced other than the > fact that she was married in an Evangelical church and records of some of > her children births are recorded in churches of this denomination. > > I have a record of her from the time she married March 27 1807 in Lebanon > Co., PA but have never been able to find her parents or siblings. > > A witness to her marriage in 1807 was Heinrich McKee and, on 10 Jun 1813 > at Salem Evangelical & Reformed Church of Harrisburg, we find the marriage > of a Heinrich McKee to Eva Rudy. Eva was the widow of John Jonas Rudy, > her maiden name being Koch. Eva was born in the 1765/83 time range and, > presuming Heinrich was of the same age, he could be a brother to Maria > > Any help appreciated. > > Gwen in far away Texas > To unsubscribe from this list, please send the one word message, > unsubscribe, to > pa-old-chester-request@rootsweb.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PA-OLD-CHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.11/460 - Release Date: 10/1/2006 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.11/460 - Release Date: 10/1/2006